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From this document it is evident that

King didn't know what was happening.

Did you obtain it from your father's

colleague? Okay, I'll stop asking you.

As a token of gratitude, Tito

gave each of us a gun like this

and thanked us for cooperation.

We returned to Yugoslavia by

different means of transport

because Tito continued his

tour of African countries.

Citizens of Yugoslavia,

my comrades,

new nuclear age and

breakthrough of man into space

caused people to be afraid of the

genius legacy of human mind.

Maybe some of this will be

used outside of our country.

But we are not troubled by it, because

we are not only at the forefront of

great success in development of socialism

but also have the best chance

for further progress,

elevation of standards of living and

creation of better future for all of us.

Let's go. Towards the sea,

if we make it.

We can go there,

to the left.

Actually, no.

To the right. -Where?

If we manage to make it.

-Take care, he'll fall. Wait.

Stop for a bit, think and look around.

-Let's go left.

I took you here because this is where

I conducted my first experiment.

I constructed a boat ...

-Really? -Yes. Out of a barrel.

A barrel? -And I set sail. Had my

father not pulled me out of the sea,

I would have certainly drowned.

I received a harsh beating from him.

I believe you, if you came

all the way here with a barrel.

Did we come here just

because of the barrel?

Yes. This was an important

episode in my life.

You could have told me

about it in a hotel room.

Tito's personality is multi-faceted and

rich, like Yugoslav socialist revolution.

They are unstoppable.

I thank you in the name of communists

for all that you've so successfully and

with revolutionary ardour done so far.

We wish you a great deal

of health and many more years

so you can continue leading,

inspiring and stimulating us.

Americans were furious.

-What did they say?

That we sold them an

underdeveloped programme.

The Institute was alarmed.

A direct line with USA was established,

we worked night and day.

Cooperation with CIA didn't go

according to our wishes.

There was too few of us.

Extremists tried to reach

Tito's apartment,

even using weapons in the process.

Because of the assassination attempt

we decided to return to Yugoslavia.

With that, the negotiations

were terminated.

Tito was very pleased that

the action concluded successfully,

because that was a sign that

Yugoslavia was not to be played with.

Tito also warned Kennedy

that their security system

had certain deficiencies.

People don't like America.

I talked with the late Kennedy.

I was the last head of state

that talked with him.

He was killed one month later.

He asked me about my

impressions of America.

I told him I wasn't too

fond of their democracy,

because president isn't

omnipotent. He's elected.

So it's not that easy.

There's the church. It should be

the third house on this side.

Good day!

-Good day. -Are you filming?

Yes, a documentary.

Then you have to film this tavern.

It was made for documentaries.

Come in. -Shall we?

Let's go. -Thank you.

I'll move that. You guys sit down too.

-We are a film crew.

Sit down. He can't be the

only one sitting at a table.

You too. -I'll come.

Just ... -Anything to drink?

What will you have? -If he'll

allow us. -Can they?

Do you have fruit juice? -Juice

in a tavern! Black or white wine.

That's how it is here. We moved all the old

stuff we found in this house down here.

We got apartments upstairs. -Is this

your house? Are you the owner?

It is, we bought it from

a family 30 years ago.

We refurbished everything,

installed Italian tiles ...

Who did you buy it from?

From Pavi. You can recommend us ...

Did you by any chance know Ivan Pavi?

He is ...

This is a nasty place, like any other.

Everyone talks behind each others back.

What happened to him?

Supposedly he drove off

the road near the ferry and died.

It ended badly.

Some say Serbs killed him.

All kinds of rumors.

I can only tell you

what I heard. I have no idea.

Mom had hard time being

alone. She remarried.

But she kept the surname Pavi.

She married some

Svetozar, he was a pilot.

He was a good man.

He treated us well.

That's the most important thing. -But they

couldn't make it work. They divorced.

Why? -Couldn't make it work.

-Couldn't make it work? -Yes.

How did you take it?

-I just kept watching my mother,

who didn't believe you died.

I think she was waiting for your return.

-I'm so sorry. -Me too. About everything.

Americans didn't want it to be known

that our scientist were

helping them out.

The case of Ivan Pavi

was special.

We made it look like he didn't

make a turn while driving a car

and crashed into the sea. Corpse was

said to have been retrieved from the ocean

and a closed-casket funeral

was arranged.

His wife was of course

also invited to the funeral.

She was pregnant at the time.

When I arrived at the Institute,

an urgent meeting was

called in a conference room.

I was running late so

I kissed her quickly and left.

Were you allowed to

say goodbye to her? -No.

We left conference room,

boarded the plane

and were flown to

NASA Center in Langley.

My wife and I never

saw each other again.

Much later Hafner told me

that I had a daughter.

I'd like to know why was I

separated from my father.

There's no programme in whole world

that is important enough

to warrant taking away

person's freedom of choice.

It would be different

if it was your choice.

But if you are forced ...

Prof. Novakovi ended up

on Goli otok, as far as I know.

But he returned to his family.

What benefit could he provide

to family considering his situation?

This is a long story. -Don't worry,

we would be okay with it.

Would you want to

meet Ivan Pavi?

It would be an interesting

encounter, especially because

we could talk about things we

weren't allowed to talk about back then.

Grudges tend to

disappear as you grow old.

We have to open it down there.

Is it far? -Right at the end.

Which grave?

-We've arrived. It's here.

Your grave.

See. -Who's lying down there?

-Probably no one.

I don't know. -Why would

there be anyone inside?

He would visit our engineers behind

closed doors. He was assuring us

that we weren't forgotten, like

the veterans of Sutjeska battle.

There was a big celebration.

Decorations were being awarded.

No one mentioned us, 26 engineers.

Like we didn't even exist.

Pavi's wife committed a suicide

couple of years later.

What was your

mother Vesna like?

I think she never stopped

mourning her lost love.

Did she ever talk with you

about Ivan, your father?

Yes.

That's all she would talk about.

Excuse me.

I think she didn't manage

to go on with her life.

I'm very sorry about that.

Nixon acted pretty arrogantly

and even demanded that Tito

returns couple of million dollars.

Nixon was bothered by Tito's

nonchalant smoking of Cuban cigars

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